Packwood v. Dorsey
Supreme Court of Louisiana
PPEAL from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Buchanan, J<. This action is founded upon the law, Biffamari, Justinian Code, lib. 7, tit. 14,1, 5, and not upon Partida 3, t. 2, 1. 46 ; though the latter is a mere translation of the former. Such it is stated to be in 2 Elizondo’s .Practicia Universal Forense, p. 136, ed. 1787. Gregorio Lopez, in his commentary upon-the above law of the Partida, states that it has been derived from the same source.
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PPEAL from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Buchanan, J<. This action is founded upon the law, Biffamari, Justinian Code, lib. 7, tit. 14,1, 5, and not upon Partida 3, t. 2, 1. 46 ; though the latter is a mere translation of the former. Such it is stated to be in 2 Elizondo’s .Practicia Universal Forense, p. 136, ed. 1787. Gregorio Lopez, in his commentary upon-the above law of the Partida, states that it has been derived from the same source. In fact it has been the law of all the nations of Europe where the civil law prevails. It is as old as the time of Azo, who wrote a century…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Eustis, C. J.
The plaintiff, alleging himself to be the owner and in possession of a valuable plantation in the parish of Plaquemines, with the slaves thereunto belonging, complains that Grecnberry Dorsey has slandered his title by giving out to divers persons that he had an interest in said plantation and slaves, or that he had a right to a portion, or was part owner thereof. It is alleged that Dorsey had no right, title or interest in any portion of the plantation or slaves, and that the declarations thus made by said Dorsey were made maliciously,…
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